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Oh look, another vampire movie... Thankfully, this isn't your typical vampire flick and actually presents some interesting ideas to consider. In short, what would happen if most of the world's population were turned to vampires? As a tiny minority, there's food walking around everywhere, but as the dominant species, the possibility of consuming all the available food sources is very realistic. On one side you have the vampire corporate interests trying to control the food supply, and on the other you have the few remaining endangered humans struggling to keep the race alive. I felt echoes of both Equilibrium (a small underground fighting against a monolithic power to save humanity) and Gattaca (one man trying to hide his true self from an oppressive corporation/government). Daybreakers doesn't approach the philosophical topics that both of those movies confronted, but I felt like the conversation was there, dozing under the surface with an occasional snort or snore to make itself heard. Also noteworthy is the film's score which is a score. I was expecting a modern vampire movie to be filled with dark pop songs and pumping bass beats, but instead the entire movie, end-to-end, is scored. And I'm not talking about a horror movie score that's designed to build tension, I mean there was orchestral music playing all the way through. It was also filmed in a semi-noir fashion that I found appealing. My final notes are on content, there is some profanity and there are also moments of graphic (though not scary) gore.

4/5